At stake in this election:

• The office of President of Taiwan

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President CHEN Shui-bian
• Head of Government: Premier Chun-hsiung CHANG
• Assembly: Taiwan has a unicameral Legislative Yuan with 113 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 4-year term.
• In the Legislative Yuan, 73 members are elected by simple majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms, 6 members are reserved from districts to serve 4-year terms and 34 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

*** Members of the Legislative Yuan are elected through a mixed member proportional system. 73 seats are elected from constituencies, 6 reserved for the representation of indigenous people, and 34 members from at-large seats.

Main Candidates in the Presidential race:

• HSIEH Frank
  • Party: Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
• MA Ying-jeou
  • Party: Nationalist Party / Kuomintang (KMT)

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 22,858,872 (July 2007 est.)
• Registered Voters: 17,321,622 (March 2008 )